Float plane sunk in Havasu?

[FlyByWire]

Didn’t hear anything about this one;

 

[Jed-O]

Well... I suppose it really isn't a float plane after all...

 

[Jed-O]

PS at least he launched it at the ramp rather than landing in middle of the lake. That would have been worse by a thousand times. Always count your blessings and decent luck in life.

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

Havasu scanner feed had a headline that there was a crash, I don't have a membership and couldn't read the article though

 

[welldigger00]

Well... I suppose it really isn't a float plane after all...

 

[MPHSystems]

Well, that didn’t go as planned.

 

[2Driver]

Looks like an ultralight. Bummer either way.

 

[Go-Fly]

Do float planes have a drain plug?

 

[Taboma]

 

[RVR SWPR]

No doubt the pilot a friend of Bully. Damn shame something went wrong.
Those guys enjoy flying Havasu & Parker.

 

[HCP3]

That's the second plane in the last three years that has sunk on Havasu.

 

[TimeBandit]

From Thousand Oaks

 

[King295]

Sucks to see, hopefully no injuries.

 

[WildWilly]

Scanner feed said all occupants accounted.for safely

 

[n2otoofast4u]

@Bullhead bully haven't we seen this next to you in some of your pics? Hopefully everyone escaped without injury!

 

[AZLineman]

I'm going with a wave tractor caused it theory. Lol

 

[samsah33]

Might need to try a new prop...

 

[DILLIGAF]

You guys in LHC are slipping. Usually someone is an eye witness.

 

[530RL]

In the 4th picture the wheels appear to be in the deployed position. One would expect them to be in the retracted position until they got it to the launch ramp to haul it up?

In amphibious planes, you typically only get one wheel deployed landing if on water.

 

[DLC]

Maybe he needs to try a different PROP…..

 

[lbhsbz]

Appears to have been a good landing....everyone walked (swam?) away. Would have been a great landing if the plane was reusable.

 

[rrrr]

In the 4th picture the wheels appear to be in the deployed position. One would expect them to be in the retracted position until they got it to the launch ramp to haul it up?

In amphibious planes, you typically only get one wheel deployed landing if on water.

I think that's what happened. The windscreen is busted in.

 

[hallett21]

I think that's what happened. The windscreen is busted in.

Would you feel the wheels dragging at first? Or is it an instant “oh shit” moment?

 

[rrrr]

Would you feel the wheels dragging at first? Or is it an instant “oh shit” moment?

It's worse, OH FUCK!

 

[wzuber]

Is this the csse of a failed wheel position sensor indicating an incorrect wheel position to the pilot or a case of an engine problem forcing a landing despite the lowered wheel position? Either way an "oh fuck here we go" situation to be in. Glad to hear of no physical injuries....

 

[530RL]

Would you feel the wheels dragging at first? Or is it an instant “oh shit” moment?

 

[LHC Kirby]

DUH . . . . it's obvious........... It was on a treadmill. Now we know what happens in that situation.

*Glad no injuries

 

[LHC Kirby]

I think that's what happened. The windscreen is busted in.

They had an airbag attached right there at the windshield, so it could have been from the accident or from the airbags tied and inflated.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

I wish someone would drag that POS down at the springs to the middle of the lake and put it out of its misery.

I was kinda hoping that was going to be the situation.

 

[cofooter]

I wish someone would drag that POS down at the springs to the middle of the lake and put it out of its misery.

I was kinda hoping that was going to be the situation.

I thinks its cool sitting up there. Grandkids love it.

 

[Mini Kat]

That is exactly what happened to him.
I saw him taxing out to take off when I was pre-flight checking to go flying. When he took off he did not put his landing gear up He made his left crosswind to the river and that was his last call. he tried to land at THE mouth of the river and nose dive just like in. The video the wind shield busted in.. When the wind shield went in he caught it with his face he got a butcher's scratches and cuts other than that hes OK.. It was a nice plane. It was a SeaRay Antibiotics. It falls under the Light Sport Experimental pilot's license

 

[HCP3]

Uh oh.

 

[JB in so cal]

I wish someone would drag that POS down at the springs to the middle of the lake and put it out of its misery.

I was kinda hoping that was going to be the situation.

A Twin Beech was the first plane I ever flew in. I was in a car seat and me and my 4 brothers , mom and dad. Dad flew tail dragged bombers in ww2 so it was no sweat for him. Don't remember a thing about, just saw a photo

 

[Bullhead bully]

No doubt the pilot a friend of Bully. Damn shame something went wrong.
Those guys enjoy flying Havasu & Parker.

I don’t know him. Really sucks. Gear down is never good. Glad they’re ok.

The plane that I fly the Super Petrel is one of if not the only amphibian that can land gear down and not go over. Just an abrupt stop. There’s actually a video on their website, showing a gear down landing in the water.

 

[Echo Lodge]

Pilot suffers minor injuries in crash on Lake Havasu

There’s something to be said for any aircraft landing that a pilot can walk away from. But one pilot was forced to swim this week, after going down in Lake

www.havasunews.com

 

[HullofaTime]

Wheels were still down, once touched water plane flopped over

 

[mobldj]

insurance is gonna tell him to fk off

 

[wzuber]

insurance is gonna tell him to fk off

Why? Because he possibly made a mistake? Isn't that what insurance is for? To help offset the loss of a potential human error?

 

[rrrr]

From the link:

Officials say the pilot failed to reset the breakers for his aircraft’s landing gear before taking off, and that landing gear failed to retract prior to the pilot’s attempted water landing.

Huh?

And if he had coverage on the aircraft, which in aviation is interestingly called hull insurance ( ), the loss will be covered.